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Callable and Putable Bonds added to SIX Telekurs’ Fair Value Pricing Service
SIX Telekurs has enhanced its Fair Value Pricing Service by adding a new asset class and hence increasing the number of instruments covered to over 110,000 investment grade fixed income securities. SIX Telekurs is a provider of international financial data. Its Fair Value Pricing Service offers analytically calculated prices for roughly 110,000 investment grade fixed…
UK FSA’s Turner Talks up the Data Challenges of Altering Accounting Standards
There is a degree of tension between those seeking to reflect the “truth” with changes to accounting standards and those wishing to reflect the concerns of prudential regulators, according to UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) chairman Adair Turner. In a speech last week to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Turner…
IASC Foundation Issues IFRS Taxonomy for XBRL Format
The end of last year saw the publication of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation’s International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Taxonomy 2010 Architecture Draft, which details the XBRL architecture and design rationale for the taxonomy. The comment period on the draft has ended and the final release date for the taxonomy that will provide…
Majority of RDR Readers Either Have a CDO or Will Have Soon
Data is on the radar of the regulatory community and the industry at large and, accordingly, the number of chief data officers (CDOs) out there has increased markedly over recent years. In fact, five years ago the position wasn’t available: it took the appointment of John Bottega to the newly created position of CDO at…
A-Team Group’s Insight on Interactive Data’s Array of Potential Suitors
Last week we broke the news that Interactive Data Corporation is contemplating the “strategic alternatives” for its future, including a potential merger or acquisition by a suitable marriage partner or investors. Reference Data Review explores the host of potential candidates likely to buy a majority stake in the number three data vendor and how they might…
Fincad and SAS Discuss New Partnership for Enterprise Risk Management and Valuations
Fincad has got fully into the swing of the current vendor partnership trend; not only has the derivatives analytics vendor teamed up with interdealer broker Icap for a valuations solution, it has also recently formed an alliance with SAS for a new joint enterprise risk management and independent valuation offering. David Rogers, SAS global product…
Fitch Solutions Poaches CMA’s Vitale to Boost its US Partnership Efforts
Fixed income products and services vendor Fitch Solutions has added a new member to its management team in a bid to boost its standing in the US markets in the form of ex-Credit Market Analysis (CMA) global head of sales Peter Vitale. Vitale joins as Fitch Solutions’ new head of third party distribution and partnerships…
TCS Reports 10.3% Revenue Increase for Third Quarter of 2009
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) may have lost a few of its key staff to other vendors in 2009, but it seems that staff turnover didn’t affect financial turnover for the quarter ending 31 December: the vendor experienced a 10.3% increase in revenue on the previous year’s figures. The vendor’s revenues were at US$1.64 billion for…
StatPro Adds Two More New Hires to European Team, Both From FactSet
Following a bout of hiring last year, portfolio analytics and data solutions vendor StatPro has started 2010 by adding yet more members to its European team. The vendor has poached two members from data and analytics rival FactSet Research Systems to join European sales director Tim Dennis’ team: Robert Campbell and Christopher Ruby. StatPro has…
SEC Highlights Importance of Timeliness of Corporate Actions Data with Action Against Bank of America
If firms weren’t apprised of the importance of corporate actions data before, a recent action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Bank of America should convince them. Following a few months of trawling through corporate actions related data, the regulator has announced that it is seeking to charge Bank of America with failing…